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1035082

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff in each pay grade have written opt out agreements under Regulation 5 of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	205294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text The number of people in each pay grade in HMRC who have written opt out agreements are:<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Assistant (AA)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Officer (AO)</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Executive Officer (O)</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Executive Officer (HO)</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Executive Officer (SO)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS PB1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS PB2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:38:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1028688

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the additional 3,000 HMRC customer service and compliance staff will be recruited at each (a) pay grade and (b) job function in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The requirement for HMRC EU Exit customer service and compliance staff in 2019/20 is dependent upon the final scenario under which the UK leaves the EU. HMRC will continue to work with HM Treasury on its exact spending plans as these are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:44:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1027688

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 201166 on Tax Avoidance, what estimate his Department has made of the level of self-employment to produce those projections.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	203408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules ensure that individuals who work like employees pay broadly the same tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as other employees, regardless of the structure they work through. As announced at Budget 2018, the government is extending the earlier reforms to improve compliance with these rules in the private sector. The rules do not affect people who are genuinely self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>The forecast costing was analysed and certified by the independent OBR.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:38:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1028742

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) total cost to (i) UK B2C digital services exporters that fall below the turnover threshold for VAT registration in relation to cross-border trade in digital services within the EU and (b) other B2C UK services exporters of registration for the non-Union VAT MOSS scheme in an EU Member State in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	203859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The costs to service exporters will depend on the precise circumstances of the exporter in question, including the extent to which they have any VAT liability in the UK or the EU. The UK MOSS scheme costs a participating business around £40 per annum.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:40:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028687

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the additional £375 million of funding allocated to the HMRC to prepare for the UK leaving the EU will be spent on new technology and IT requirements for customs and borders.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The amount of funding that will be spent on new technology and IT requirements for customs and borders in 2019/20 is dependent upon the final scenario under which the UK leaves the EU. HMRC will continue to work with HM Treasury on its exact spending plans as these are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:47:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1028685

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the additional £375 million of funding allocated to HMRC for preparations for the UK leaving the EU will be spent on recruiting HMRC customer service and compliance staff.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The amount of funding that will be spent on HMRC customer service and compliance staff in 2019/20 is dependent upon the eventual scenario of which the UK is exiting the EU. HMRC will continue to work with HM Treasury on its exact spending plans as these are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:44:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1035080

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral Evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 5 November 2018 to the Public Accounts Committee, Question 152, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Department to ensure that all legislation in relation to Customs, Vat and Excise required for the UK leaving the EU without a deal will be receive Royal Assent or Affirmative Resolution by 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	205292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, which received Royal Assent on 13 September 2018, includes a series of substantive provisions and powers that will ensure functioning customs, VAT and excise regimes after EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>The government remains confident that all required SIs will be brought forward in good time.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:42:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1028689

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many providers of tax avoidance schemes paid HMRC a penalty in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s top priority in dealing with the promoters of tax avoidance schemes is to change their behaviour so that they stop this activity altogether. HMRC uses a range of powers to achieve this, including the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes legislation. As a result of HMRC’s concerted action against them, a number of major promoters have co-operated with HMRC and have either stopped selling schemes or ceased in business altogether.</p><p>Providers of tax avoidance schemes face penalties if they fail to comply with their obligations under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes or Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes regimes, or if they enable another person to use tax avoidance arrangements which HMRC later defeats.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:48:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1028736

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	PAYE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 29 November 2018 to Question 195470 on PAYE, whether the 95 per cent of RTI submissions reported on time refers to the (a) pay date self-certified by the employer in their PAYE Full Payment Submission or (b) date on which payment was credited to the employee's bank account as reported by the BACS hash information.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	203769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s assessment of timely filing of Real Time Information (RTI) is based on the pay date provided by employers and pension providers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:45:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1027695

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Canterbury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428, how many and what proportion of HMRC staff in Charter House Canterbury are expected to (a) transfer to HMRC Regional Centre and (b) complete their career in that location.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	203412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible as it moves to its regional centres. It has been clear that if someone can move to a regional centre and has the skills it needs or is able to develop them, there will be a role for them.</p><p> </p><p>For Canterbury, Charter House, current planning data shows that around 34 full-time equivalent (FTE) people, or 51 per cent, will transfer to either the Croydon or Stratford Regional Centre.</p><p> </p><p>Canterbury, Charter House is scheduled to close in February 2020, before the Stratford Regional Centre opens. HMRC staff who can will therefore initially move to Maidstone, Medvale House, which will be staying open until late 2020-21. HMRC expects 45 FTE people, or 67 per cent, will transfer to Maidstone.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot be certain about how many will actually be able to move to a regional centre or the numbers who may complete their career at either Canterbury or Maidstone until one-to-one discussions with managers have taken place. These will be held around a year before any move. Demographic data for the office suggests that many staff may choose to retire when the office closes.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:42:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield